Podcasts

We take a deep dive into "Super Commuters" and their journey to work

April 15, 2026

KCBS News SiteEgon Terplan, Policy strategist and Senior Fellow with the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, appeared on KCBS' Ask an Expert to talk about for tens of thousands of Bay Area workers, home is on the other side of the Altamont Pass, and Super Commuters spend more than 90 minutes going to and from work every day. and now they're also grappling with staggering oil prices mandatory...

Car and Gas Prices Are Shooting Up. How Will Drivers Respond?

March 31, 2026

KQED Forum website, photo of traffic jamITS Berkeley Acting Director Scott Moura, Civil and Environemntal Engineering Professor, talks to KQED's Forum about Car and Gas Prices Are Shooting Up. How Will Drivers Respond?: https://www.kqed.org/forum/...

CITRIS Foundry alum WUI-Go! receives $1.2M SBIR award

March 6, 2026

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The shutdown’s end may be in sight, so why are flights still getting cancelled?

November 14, 2025

KPCC News StoryITS Berkeley affiliate Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment The shutdown’s end may be in sight, so why are flights still getting cancelled? at AirTalk on KPCC:...

Newsom signs SB 79 to increase housing near public transit

October 14, 2025

KPBS MiddayEthan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment and ITS affiliate, talked about Newsom signs SB 79 to increase housing near public transit to KPBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCud6SBpn0

BART Meltdowns, Fare Hikes, Budget Cuts and Other Bay Area Transit Woes

May 27, 2025

KQED Forum NewspageITS affiliate, Ted Lamm, associate director for the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley Law School and UC ITS Board of Advisors member and ITS Berkeley alum Laura Tolkoff, transportation policy director, SPUR talk about BART...

From Taxis to Ridehailing: Examining Differences for Drivers and Passengers

March 21, 2025

NICR podcast screenshotTransportation Sustainability Research Center's Brooke Wolfe talks about From Taxis to Ridehailing: Examining Differences for Drivers and Passengers on the National Institute for Congestion Reduction podcast series; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

What the Trump Administration Could Mean for Our Climate

February 7, 2025

A city scapeEthan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law talks about What the Trump Administration Could Mean for Our Climate at KQED Forum: https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907787/what-the...